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I also use Haskell and Common Lisp, and they both have non-beautiful websites. I care about what a langauge will help me do, not whether or not some websites that talk about those languages are pretty. This, I believe, is because I am over the age of 4.

Marketing is evil and like Bill Hicks said to PR-guys: kill yourself. you satans little helper and there is no rational behind what you are doing.

but on the othe hand, its no marketing, to have a nice looking and usefull site with fresh content. while I understand jrockaway attitude, there lies no problem because such a site would not scare him away from perl, but he would appreciate it, when wie achieve something good. But perl noobs could be scared away, which raises the question what is it we have a si

If that's true, and I'm not convinced it is any more, use.perl.org is the defacto perl news site. There are others, such as Perl Buzz but this place is "blessed" by www.perl.org.
The question is - would pudge be open to collaborations to improve this site? - if not, any discussion about improving it is wasted.

Yes, it's not listed under "Community", it's in the news feed.
Part of this whole perception issue that is so baffling to me is that people, including you, seem to think that a listing on a perl.org site somehow makes the site more valuable. We need to get away from this image of the Ivory Tower of perl.org.
Let's let 1,000 flowers bloom! Let's have so many Perl sites that perl.org can't possibly keep track of them all!
See also "Perl needs to decentralize, diversify and colonize." http://perlbuzz.com [perlbuzz.com]

I completely agree that diversity is good but every project/product/language needs a focal point. It helps beginners find their way into the language and the commmunity that surrounds it. I don't think it would be a stretch to suggest that the languages with the best buzz have the best focal points.

Ask and Robert. They will certainly be open to the help. However, I'd strongly suggest that you come up with actual prototypes of what you want to change to BEFORE contacting them. Lord knows they've had enough people bluster in and say "I want to change perl.org's front page!" with no results.